Natural Selection Vocabulary - Ch1+2

What word means:

A trait that helps an individual survive in its environment.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Non-adaptive trait

• Adaptive trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What determines if a trait is adaptive?

• The organism

• The environment

• The genes/DNA of an organism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which word means:

To have offspring

• Natural Selection

• Reproduce

• Population

• Distribution

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which word means:

A group of the same species living in the same area.

• Population

• Distribution

• Trait

• Variation

High, medium, and low are all examples of _____________ in the trait of poison level.

• Distribution

• Population

• Environment

• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What word means:

How many individuals in a population with a specific trait variation.

• Trait

• Distribution

• Adaptive Traits

• Non-adaptive Trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

How has the distribution of traits changed over time?

• There are more low poison level newts today than 50 generations ago.

• Snakes were added to the environment.

• There are more high poison level newts in the environment today than 50 generations ago.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which would be a non-adaptive trait in a cold environment?

• No fur

• Medium Fur

• High Fur

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Offspring can have a trait that their parents did NOT have.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Only adaptive traits are passed down from parents to offspring.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4